Our ancestors ... were laborers, not lawyers.

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

The end of democracy and the defeat of the American Revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed incorporations.

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.

I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.

Truth between candid minds can never do harm.

The government you elect is the government you deserve.

Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.

I want you to take note, Commander, that turning in my badge would be like cutting off my arm. But if it comes down to a choice between the job and my marriage, then I lose the arm.

Justice and truth are too such subtle points that our tools are too blunt to touch them accurately.

Any one can heal who believes that he can, and who will take the time to put that belief in motion through the Law.

Our past affects us, our present affects us, and even our future can affect us. We live in the relative world of time and space.

I don't feel anything right now. I am just preparing, that's it.

It is the fate of all things to ripen, and then to decay.

And I knew that, being an actor, you have to take the rough with the smooth and the highs with the lows. That's how it is.

...some people aren't worth the trouble of being kind to, because they have neither the brains nor the power to make something for themselves out of your kindness.

The value of jazz still has to be clarified. People involve themselves with its superficialities without digging for its soul.

If officers desire to have control over their commands, they must remain habitually with them, industriously attend to their instruction and comfort, and in battle lead them well.